Les Cockrell: Library offers teen crafting session

Teens can
learn how to create a memory book during a Teen Crafting Club session planned
from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Denton’s North Branch Library, 3020 N. Locust St.

Participants
will learn how to create artistic “smash books,” which can include journaling,
photos, lists, musings and memorabilia such as movie or concert tickets,
programs, ribbons and other treasures with special meaning, according to a
press release from the library.

Each teen
will receive a book to transform into a creative memory book. Participants can
bring personal items to add to the book, but art supplies will be provided.

The Denton County MHMR Center is requesting the support of the
community Friday during a fundraiser at the new Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, 2412
Interstate 35E.

The center will receive a percentage of the total sales from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. on that date, according to an announcement from Denton County MHMR.
Participants should mention that they are at the restaurant to support the
Denton County MHMR Center when placing an order.

Proceeds
from the fundraiser will benefit the center’s Holiday Helping Hands Program.

Restaurant helps Lions Club collect
eyeglasses

The
Chick-fil-A restaurant at 2001 Justin Road (FM407) in Flower Mound and members
of the Highland Village Lions Club are teaming up for a “Looking UR Way Day”
from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Thursday.

Anyone
who brings in a pair of prescription eyeglasses for recycling will receive a
free sandwich (one sandwich per person).

The
Chick-fil-A “Looking UR Way Day” is designed to help the club collect used
eyeglasses. Lions clubs collect used eyeglasses that are cleaned, read for
prescription and sorted for reuse by those who cannot afford glasses.

Members
of the Highland Village Lions Club will be at the restaurant on Thursday to
collect the donations.

‘Float Fly’ event to feature radio-controlled
airplanes

Pilots
flying radio-controlled airplanes will be demonstrating their skills at Willow
Grove Park in Lake Dallas on Saturday during a “Float Fly” event sponsored by
the Falcons Flying Club.

The Falcons Flying Club is a member of the Academy of Model
Aeronautics, and Saturday’s event will feature members of the Falcons Flying
Club, members of other area clubs and some participants from out of state, said
Gerald Sanders, treasurer of the Falcons Flying Club.

Sanders
said the flying will begin at 8 a.m. and will run until mid-afternoon.
Admission is free to the public, and families are invited to bring chairs and
watch the action.

“It’s
enjoyable for kids and adults,” Sanders said.

Sanders,
who has been participating in the event for about a dozen years, said those who
attend will see a variety of radio-controlled aircraft ranging from small
one-engine types to four-engine craft such as his Pan Am Clipper that weighs 40
pounds and has a wingspan of several feet.

“We have
a lot of fun,” he said. “It’s contagious.”

Willow
Grove Park is located at 800 E. Hundley Drive in Lake Dallas. For more
information, call Sanders at 972-247-7611.

Environmental learning area planning night
hike

Area
residents are invited to experience the nocturnal sights and sounds of the
Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center during a night hike at the
facility Saturday.

Trail
guides will lead the hike from 8 to 10 p.m., providing participants with an
out-of-the-ordinary hiking experience as they travel through wooded areas and
across stretches of prairie, a spokeswoman said.

Registration
is required at 972-219-3930 or lisacole@unt.edu, and there is a $2 program fee
for the night hike, in addition to the regular gate fee of $5 per person.

The
Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Center’s entrance is at 201 E. Jones St.
at the intersection of Jones and Kealy streets in Lewisville.

Keep Denton Beautiful targets cigarette
litter

Keep
Denton Beautiful will take part in the Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter
Prevention Program, the local group announced recently.

Keep Denton Beautiful’s program will focus on the Fry Street area,
targeting cigar tip and cigarette litter through a marketing campaign and the
placement of new, permanent ash receptacles.

In 2012,
there were 195 grant-supported programs conducted across the country including
downtowns, roadways, beaches, parks, marinas, colleges/universities, tourist
spots and at special events, according to the announcement. The communities
reported an average 55 percent reduction in littered cigarette butts.

Locally, Keep Denton Beautiful has received funding for the cigarette
litter prevention program on an annual basis since 2011.

“Nationally, cigarette litter prevention program efforts, including the
installation of ash receptacles and distribution of pocket ashtrays, have
proven effective in reducing cigarette litter,” Lauren Barker, Keep Denton
Beautiful program manager, stated in the announcement. “This is an ongoing
problem in Denton, as evidenced by the nearly 2,000 cigarette butts we recently
collected from the Fry Street area — this accumulation was in only one month’s
time.”

Cigarette
litter has very real implications for economic and environmental health in the
community, Barker said.

“We plan
to use this program to bring attention to the issue, decrease litter and
ultimately make our city cleaner and more beautiful,” she stated.

For more
information, call Keep Denton Beautiful at 940-349-8737.

Christian Community Action seeks donations
for shops

Christian
Community Action needs donations of household goods, clothing, toys and
especially furniture, officials with the organization announced recently.

Donations can be dropped off at the new main donation center located at
900 Lakeside Parkway in Flower Mound, or at one of CCA’s four resale stores:
Old Town Lewisville resale store, 128 S. Mill St. in Lewisville; Lewisville
resale store, 2202 S. State Highway 121 in Lewisville; Carrollton resale store,
3050 N. Josey Lane, Suite 120, in Carrollton; and The Colony resale store, 500
Main St., Suite 270, in The Colony.

To
schedule a donation pickup, call 972-219-4304. For more information about the
organization, visit http://ccahelps.org/ or contact Maureen Cummings at
maureen.cummings@ccahelps.org or 214-680-2662.

LES COCKRELL is interested in your input for
Out & About. Help share information about Denton County events and people
by calling him at 940-566-6887. His e-mail address is lcockrell@dentonrc.com .

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